Shekau releases new video in which he says he is tired of fighting and wants to die and go to paradise

BOKO Haram leader Sheikh Abubakar Shekau has issued another Youtube video in which he declared that he is tired of the calamity that has befallen his sect of late and would be happy to die and go to paradise.

 

Since 1999, Boko Haram has been waging a brutal war against the Nigerian state and at the height of its powers, controlled 14 local government areas in Borno State. Over the last three years though, the Nigerian Army has recaptured most of this territory but Boko Haram still remains a living force and is operational in the Sambisa Forest.

 

Among other things, Boko Haram still holds on to several of the Chibok girls it captured in 2014 and now and again mounts sporadic attacks against military formations. In his latest video in Hausa, released yesterday, Sheikh Shekau said it is better to die and rest in paradise because he is tired of the calamity that has befallen his members.

 

Sheikh Shekau said: “I have no lengthy message to deliver except on the issue of worshipping God alone and serving Him without getting tired. Ours is not like that of the unbelievers whose worship is like the spider web.

 

“One of the leaders of unbelievers, who is like an ape, was recently boasting that they have formed a joint force with Cameroonian forces to fight us, that they would not only chase us from Sambisa Forest but also in all parts of Nigeria.

 

 So we too have declared that we do not want to see any Nigerian in Cameroon, in Chad, in Nigeria and even in Benin Republic, so I call on our brethren in Abuja, in Lagos, in Benin, in Kaduna, wherever you find any Nigerian make sure you shoot him dead if he is deliberately against us."

 

He added that he is an invincible enemy that Nigeria is fighting but he is tired of this calamity and it is better I die and go to rest in paradise. Sheikh Shekau urged his followers to attack anyone who pledges to Nigeria and who believes in protecting the interest of Nigeria.

 

“The one whose creed is to develop western education where infidels are trained is our enemy. Whoever that stands on any creed other than that of our Prophet Muhammad brought to us;, the one that his great disciples followed, should know that he is our avowed enemy and if he confronts us we will fight him.

 

“In this job that we embarked upon, we are not going to boast too much about but we pray that God should take our lives while on this struggle and not on any other thing else. May God help us on this belief," Sheikh Shekau added.

 

Adding that he and his followers remain in the Sambisa Forest, from where they will continue to mount attacks, Sheikh Shekau promised to fight ion for now though. He pointed out that he would not spare members of the civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) who have teamed up with the military to fight Boko Haram.

 

Sheikh Shekau said: “So you Nigerians especially the youth vigilante, we are going to fight you and that thing that drives you to pick up arms against us, we don’t care what they call you, be it Civilian-JTF or any kind of force. Just as you said you don’t want us on the face of Nigeria, so shall we too declare you persona non grata in Sambisa.

 

“Let anyone who has brains to think to avoid moving around Sambisa Forest. Those of you the leaders of the troops will no longer have peace just like the way you think you have made here uncomfortable for us.”

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